Friday, March 17, 2017

"As the Matrix in the movie was used to facilitate the exploitation of humans, so the current ideological Matrix was created for, and serves to exploit us, turning us into unthinking workers and consumers—slaves of the ruling elite who themselves are trapped in the Matrix… few of us are able to escape the Matrix. We do not even know it exists." ~Henry H. Lindner

The matrix is a metaphor for a society bound to increasingly direct and indirect controls, limitations, and penalties. It is a web of influence that forces individuals to act and react in accordance with stated and unstated rules of which individuals do not create.

An awakening has undoubtedly been unfolding in recent years, and many more people are becoming aware of just how deeply controlled our lives are, however, at the same time, the matrix itself is evolving, and the programs and plots in place to clamp down on our conscious development are growing more restrictive with each passing year.

Consider the following examples of how the matrix is evolving around us:1. The Great Leap Forward of the Technocracy

The circus and actual reality are now indistinguishable from one another, and even our president is a reality TV star. Biological identity is being trumped by a confusing morass of socially preferred pronouns. Public discourse is impossible, as rational thought and polite debate aren't dramatic enough to hold our attention. Violence and intolerance are cheered on as people video tape fights rather than break them up. Porn culture has broken out into the mainstream, and debauchery is praised. People are more polarized than ever, preferring echo chambers and group-think to individual ideas and genuine self-expression.

3. Permanent Warfare is the Health of the State – No Questions Asked

"No matter how hard he digs at his memory, Winston is uncertain whether a time existed when Oceania was not at war with someone." ~George Orwell, 1984

Since 9/11, the Orwellian permanent war has firmly entrenched itself in public consciousness, and now so very few even bother to address the possibility of a world at peace. War is paramount to our economy, and without it, the economy would crash. There is no debate when it comes to military expenditures, and no forum to redress or renounce grievances related to putting so many of our resources into the destruction of others. There is no body count of our soldiers, of our enemies, or even of the innocents caught in the crossfire. It just doesn't matter anymore.
4. Government Does What it Wants with No Redress

Members of the government and the elite are clearly above the law, and the law is now apparently in place for the plebs, the slaves, to obey.

Some liken the matrix system to a fish tank, where outsiders create the stage on which we play out our lives, and we never fully realize that our world is created and governed by a hidden hand. Others better relate to the metaphor presented in the movie, The Matrix, where humans are used as batteries, to fuel the livelihoods of overlords, and are kept acquiescent by a detailed and indulgent false reality.

Either metaphor does well in conceptualizing contemporary life, but without recognition of the hidden chains which confine our progress and steer our development, we have no hope of ever realizing true freedom on this glorious earth. As in Plato's cave, if we only focus on the manufactured shadow reality, we miss the big picture, and along with it, the opportunity to live a joyous, meaningful and unrestricted life.

The matrix has all of us, and it has just evolved.

"The plan to capture the conscious and subconscious minds of the masses, and mold them into robotic, obedient and impressionable commodities is nearly complete, and it is up to you to free your own mind and wake up before it is too late." [Source]